Tor Egil Førland

Values, Objectivity, and Explanation in Historiography

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the issues of explanation and narration in historiography, arguing that history is not just interpretation, and that the interpretive part, important though it is, is far from wholly subjective or hostage to the historian's values. Analysis shows that values play a lesser role, whereas scientific rules matter more to historigraphical practice than acknowledged by most vocal philosophers and historians in recent years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 421g
• ISBN-13: 9781138203730
• ISBN-10: 1138203734
• Artikelnr.: 47543379

Autorenporträt

Tor Egil Førland is professor of contemporary history and head of the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Objectivity, Values, and Theory Choice
1. Participants and Fellow Travelers: The Left, the Soviet Union, and the
Fall of Objectivism
2. Court Historian: Matters of Fact
3. Witches Cannot Fly: A Critique of the Notion of Situated Truths
4. In Defense of Objectivity: Facts and Theory Choice in Historiography
Part II: Explanation and Causality
5. The Ideal Explanatory Text in History: A Plea for Ecumenism
6. Mentality as a Social Emergent: Can the Zeitgeist Have Explanatory
Power?
7. Acts of God?: Miracles and Scientific Explanation
8. Problems of Causation in Historiography